Spybot Problem - A Workaround

Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1
and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:

"Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
FFFFFFFF."

Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.

It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.

Hope this helps.

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Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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AlmostBob
Sun Feb 24 19:24:33 PST 2008

repaired in 1.5.2

update to a current version

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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"Nigel Stapley" <unet@judgemental.plus.com> wrote in message
news:13s3d10qgi1toc4@corp.supernews.com...
> Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1
> and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:
>
> "Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
> violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
> FFFFFFFF."
>
> Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
> you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.
>
> It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
> Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Nigel Stapley
>
> www.judgemental.plus.com
>
> <reply-to will bounce>

Nigel
Mon Feb 25 04:12:01 PST 2008

AlmostBob wrote:
> repaired in 1.5.2
>

No it isn't.

> update to a current version
>

See above.

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Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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bobster
Mon Feb 25 09:55:20 PST 2008

I have version 1.5.2.20 and Windows 98SE and have no problem.
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"Nigel Stapley" <unet@judgemental.plus.com> wrote in message
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AlmostBob wrote:
> repaired in 1.5.2
>

No it isn't.

> update to a current version
>

See above.

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Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.judgemental.plus.com

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Franc
Mon Feb 25 12:11:57 PST 2008

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:15:06 +0000, Nigel Stapley
<unet@judgemental.plus.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1
>and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:
>
>"Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
>violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
>FFFFFFFF."
>
>Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
>you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.
>
>It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
>Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.
>
>Hope this helps.

I've never seen that problem with version 1.4 and I don't see it after
upgrading directly from 1.4 to 1.5.2.

What I *do* notice is that Spybot is a voracious resource hog.

This is how Resource Meter reports my resource usage:

System User GDI (% resources)
-----------------------------------------------------
85 85 85 - no apps loaded
36 77 36 - Spybot only (main menu)
15 72 15 - Spybot (update menu)

Perhaps it's a resource issue ???

- Franc Zabkar
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MEB
Mon Feb 25 10:00:33 PST 2008



"Nigel Stapley" <unet@judgemental.plus.com> wrote in message
news:13s3d10qgi1toc4@corp.supernews.com...
| Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of SpyBot S&D (1.5.1
| and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:
|
| "Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
| violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
| FFFFFFFF."
|
| Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
| you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.
|
| It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
| Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.
|
| Hope this helps.
|
| --
| Regards
|
| Nigel Stapley
|
| www.judgemental.plus.com
|
| <reply-to will bounce>

Along those lines: monitoring several other forums which have and or are
discussing these same types of issues, it would appear that these issues
might be cropping up on boards designed for newer OSs [OSs with increased
addressing space and chipsets which require that space] running 9X and newer
AGP cards and other hardware [and extended addressing requirements]. Nothing
concrete here, but it seems that these are the systems running into these
issues more often than the older computer configurations, that are NOT
having issues with the below.

Another potential seems to be the amount of already running programs, such
as one of the Anti-V or firewall programs which load several other on-access
servers/applications for SpyWare, phishing, Spam, etc... The 9X systems are
running out of static memory addressing space..

Glad someone came up with a temporary work-around.

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http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
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bobster
Mon Feb 25 19:37:15 PST 2008

Franc

SpyBot truly is a resource hog! My System, User and GDI resource numbers
agree with yours almost exactly.

In addition, it uses about 96% of my anemic 300 MHz CPU capability when it
is running a scan.

I make sure that I scan when I don't plan on using my computer for any other
function -- usually late at night. It takes over an hour to do a full scan
with my slow machine.

All that being said, I believe it is well worth the effort as it seems to
catch things that SpywareBlaster and Ad-Aware sometimes miss.

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"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
news:f786s3l75mhie9s0uobjvhjmqba621a3pf@4ax.com...
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:15:06 +0000, Nigel Stapley
<unet@judgemental.plus.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1
>and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:
>
>"Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
>violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
>FFFFFFFF."
>
>Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
>you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.
>
>It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
>Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.
>
>Hope this helps.

I've never seen that problem with version 1.4 and I don't see it after
upgrading directly from 1.4 to 1.5.2.

What I *do* notice is that Spybot is a voracious resource hog.

This is how Resource Meter reports my resource usage:

System User GDI (% resources)
-----------------------------------------------------
85 85 85 - no apps loaded
36 77 36 - Spybot only (main menu)
15 72 15 - Spybot (update menu)

Perhaps it's a resource issue ???

- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

lb
Tue Feb 26 13:35:31 PST 2008



bobster wrote:
> Franc
>
> SpyBot truly is a resource hog! My System, User and GDI resource numbers
> agree with yours almost exactly.
>
> In addition, it uses about 96% of my anemic 300 MHz CPU capability when it
> is running a scan.
>
> I make sure that I scan when I don't plan on using my computer for any other
> function -- usually late at night. It takes over an hour to do a full scan
> with my slow machine.
>
> All that being said, I believe it is well worth the effort as it seems to
> catch things that SpywareBlaster and Ad-Aware sometimes miss.
>

SpywareBlaster is not a scanning engine, but it is a program that
installs killbits for the various places that spyware likes to install
itself. After updating SpywareBlaster, you need to enable protection
for all items. This takes up registry spae. SpyBot also has an
innoculating feature but I have read that one should avoid using this
and use only the SpywareBlaster innoculating feature. When I undid
all of the SpyBot immunizations, my registry shrunk over a megabyte.

> =========================================================================
> "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
> news:f786s3l75mhie9s0uobjvhjmqba621a3pf@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:15:06 +0000, Nigel Stapley
> <unet@judgemental.plus.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
> >Some of you may be finding that the latest versions of Spybot S&D (1.5.1
> >and above) won't run on 98, giving the following error:
> >
> >"Exception EAccessViolation in module SPYBOTSD.EXE at 002E 6098. Access
> >violation at address 006E 609B in module 'SPYBOTSD.EXE'. Read of address
> >FFFFFFFF."
> >
> >Someone on the Spybot forums has come up with a workaround, namely that
> >you start Dr Watson first, *then* run Spybot.
> >
> >It seems to work. Safer-Networking claim that the problem is caused by
> >Windows memory management, but I'm not convinced.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
>
> I've never seen that problem with version 1.4 and I don't see it after
> upgrading directly from 1.4 to 1.5.2.
>
> What I *do* notice is that Spybot is a voracious resource hog.
>
> This is how Resource Meter reports my resource usage:
>
> System User GDI (% resources)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 85 85 85 - no apps loaded
> 36 77 36 - Spybot only (main menu)
> 15 72 15 - Spybot (update menu)
>
> Perhaps it's a resource issue ???
>
> - Franc Zabkar
> --
> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.